Mr. Odhrán Allen:

As Mr. Noble said earlier, assessment is the gateway to diagnosis, and the assessment that professionals previously provided is not being provided within the new PTA model. Without a diagnosis, services cannot be accessed; that is the critical issue. If we step back, the real issue, and the original mistake in the AON process, related to separating assessment from intervention. Assessment and intervention should always be part of the same seamless service offered to children. That flaw in the system has been compounded by the new SOP-PTA model.